Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 2
When: 12:10 PM ET, Thursday, July 29, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Ed Hickox, 1B -
Fieldin Culbreth, 2B -
Manuel Gonzalez, 3B -
Gary Cederstrom
Attendance:
26716
By SportsDirect Inc.
David Price struck out nine to become the American League’s first 14-game winner and the Tampa Bay Rays edged the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Thursday afternoon.
Carlos Pena homered and drove in all four runs as the Rays capped a four-game sweep of the Tigers at Tropicana Field. The loss was the 10th straight on the road for the Tigers.
Price (14-5) allowed seven hits and two runs in 6 1/3 innings. Dan Wheeler pitched the final two innings for his second save of the season.
Pena boosted his team-leading totals of home runs (23) and RBIs (68) with his three-hit day. He also raised his average to a paltry .214.
Pena opened the scoring with a solo homer in the second inning. After the Tigers tied the score on a RBI ground out by Ramon Santiago in the third, Pena gave the Rays the lead for good with a two-run single in the bottom of the inning.
Rick Porcello (4-9) took the loss, allowing all four runs on five hits and two walks. He struck out eight in 7 1/3 innings.
Austin Jackson singled to score Danny Worth to cut the Tiger deficit to 3-2 in the seventh inning. Pena’s single in the eighth scored Sean Rodriguez to complete the scoring.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
7 |
0 |
10 |
.206 |
18 |
12 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
6 |
1 |
9 |
.200 |
12 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
For more information, contact us